Hall of Fame

from 2018-19 GryphFan Connected: Year-In-Review

Champions Corner

Welcome to the Gryphon Hall of Fame Class of 2018 adds impressive new names to notable list of honourees.

An impressive crowd of more than 220 friends, family, fellow Hall of Famers and coaches honoured the newest class of inductees this past October to the Guelph Gryphons Athletics Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony, taking place for the first time in the Events Centre of the GGAC, included six new faces and two championship teams.

Two-time All-Canadian football player Dave Irwin, two-sport athlete Brooke Hilditch, rugby star Jacey (Murphy) Grusnick, cross country and track and field legend Kyle Boorsma, former athletic director Tom Kendall, volleyball player, coach and donor Larry Pearson, as well as the 2005 Gryphon women’s cross-country team, and the 1977-78 men’s volleyball team, all were enshrined in the University of Guelph’s Athletics Hall of Fame with over 200 individuals on hand for the induction ceremony.

“This was another tremendous Hall of Fame class, and the great turnout at the event spoke to the rich history we have here at Gryphons Athletics,” said Scott McRoberts, Director of Athletics. “It was great to see representation from so many different eras. From our very first Hall of Fame class in 1984, to members of our 1958 and 1959 football teams, you can just see how much pride our Gryphon alum have. The two teams inducted this year added to that.

Most importantly, these are people who have represented the university in the right way and will be Gryphons for life.”

The Gryphon Hall of Fame, which began in 1984, has138 athletes, 42 builders and 31 teams who have been elected to the Hall. Plaques of the athletes and builders bearing their pictures and highlighting their accomplishments are displayed in the GuelphGryphons Athletics Centre at the University of Guelph.